901:1-5-10
Designation of area as validated brucellosis free.

The department of agriculture may designate an area as
validated brucellosis-free for a three year period if:

(A)
Each breeding herd in the area qualifies
under one of the following:

(1)
Two negative
herd tests, in which all breeding swine six months of age and over are tested,
within the eighteen-month period prior to the date validation is requested for
the area; or

(2)
Negative herd
status established by market swine testing, each year for not less than three
years, of ten percent of the breeding swine in the herd, or a minimum of one
animal, whichever is greater;

(B)
Not more than three percent of the herds,
or one herd, whichever is greater, was found to be infected during the
eighteen-month qualification period, and infected herds found during the
qualification period were held in quarantine until freed of brucellosis.